Rich Picks
19992001

Awards & Top Films

2000

Historical Award Archive

Before Rich Picks — Award selections for 2000 were not recorded. The categories below show nominees and winners from other award organizations.
WonNominee

Top 10 Films of 2000

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TrafficNo award data
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GladiatorNo award data
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden DragonNo award data
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Almost FamousNo award data
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Erin BrockovichNo award data
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ChocolatNo award data
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Billy ElliotNo award data
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Wonder BoysNo award data
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Cast AwayNo award data
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?No award data

Film

Live-Action Feature

Gladiator
Cast: Djimon Hounsou, Joaquin Phoenix, Russell Crowe, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, and Richard Harris
Producers: Douglas Wick, Branko Lustig, and David Franzoni
OscarNBRBAFTASAG
Almost Famous
Cast: Anna Paquin, Frances McDormand, Billy Crudup, Patrick Fugit, Jason Lee, Kate Hudson, Fairuza Balk, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Noah Taylor
Producers: Cameron Crowe and Ian Bryce
GlobeBAFTASAG
Billy Elliot
Cast: Julie Walters, Jamie Draven, Jamie Bell, and Gary Lewis
Producer: Greg Brenman
NBRBAFTASAG
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Producers: Ang Lee, Hsu Li-kong, Bill Kong, and Hsu Li Kong
OscarBAFTASpirit
Traffic
Cast: D.w. Moffett, Erika Christensen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Don Cheadle, Albert Finney, Tomas Milian, Miguel Ferrer, Amy Irving, Steven Bauer, Benicio del Toro, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, James Brolin, Benjamin Bratt, Peter Riegert, Topher Grace, Michael Douglas, JR, Clifton Collins, and Jacob Vargas
Producers: Edward Zwick, Marshall Herskovitz, and Laura Bickford
OscarNBRSAG
You Can Count On Me
NBRSpirit
Chocolat
Cast: Alfred Molina, Juliette Binoche, Carrie-Ann Moss, Hugh O'conor, Leslie Caron, Lena Olin, John Wood, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, and Peter Stormare
Producers: David Brown, Kit Golden, and Leslie Holleran
OscarGlobeSAG
Before Night Falls
NBRSpirit
Chicken Run
GlobeBAFTA
Erin Brockovich
Producers: Stacey Sher, Danny DeVito, and Michael Shamberg
OscarBAFTA
Best in Show
Globe
Croupier
NBR
Dancer In The Dark
NBR
George Washington
Spirit
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai
Spirit
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Globe
Quills
NBR
Requiem For a Dream
Spirit
Sunshine
NBR
Wonder Boys
NBR

International Feature

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Producers: William Kong, Ang Lee, Bill Kong, and Hsu Li Kong
GlobeBAFTA
Dancer In The Dark
Spirit
Wo hu cang long (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Taiwan/Hong Kong/United States/P.R. China
NBR
Amores Perros
Producer: Alejandro González Iñárritu
GlobeSpirit
In the Mood for Love
Producer: Wong Kar-Wai
BAFTASpirit
Malèna
Producers: Giuseppe Tornatore and Harvey Weinstein
GlobeBAFTA
A Time for Drunken Horses
Spirit
Girl on the Bridge
Producers: Patrice Leconte and Christian Fechner
BAFTA
Harry, He's Here to Help
Producer: Dominik Moll
BAFTA
Malli
Spirit
One Hundred Steps
Producer: Marco Tullio Giordana
Globe
The War Zone
Spirit
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Producer: Patrice Leconte
Globe

Animated Feature

Chicken Run
NBR

Documentary

''Dark Days''
Spirit
High School Boot Camp
Producer: Charles Braverman
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
NBR
Long Night's Journey into Day
Spirit
Broken Child
Producer: Michael Mierendorf
Nuyorican Dream
Producer: Laurie Collyer
Paragraph 175
Spirit
Sound and Fury
Spirit
The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Spirit
The Natural History of the Chicken
Producer: Mark Lewis
The True Story of Emmett Till
Producer: David de Vries

Directing & Editing

Directing

Ang Lee
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
OscarGlobeSpiritDGA
Steven Soderbergh
Traffic
OscarGlobeDGA
Steven Soderbergh
Erin Brockovich and Traffic
NBR
All the Pretty Horses
Ted Tally
NBR
Steven Soderbergh
Erin Brockovich
OscarGlobeDGA
Ridley Scott
Gladiator
OscarGlobeDGA
Cameron Crowe
Almost Famous
DGA
Julian Schnabel
Before Night Falls
Spirit
Christopher Guest
Best in Show
Spirit
Stephen Daldry
Billy Elliot
Oscar
Miguel Arteta
Chuck & Buck
Spirit
Darren Aronofsky
Requiem For a Dream
Spirit
István Szabó
Sunshine
Globe

Editing

Pietro Scalia
Gladiator
OscarBAFTA
Stephen Mirrione
Traffic
OscarBAFTA
Tim Squyres
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
OscarBAFTA
Joe Hutshing and Saar Klein
Almost Famous
Oscar
John Wilson
Billy Elliot
BAFTA
Anne V. Coates
Erin Brockovich
BAFTA
Dede Allen
Wonder Boys
Oscar

Acting

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem
Before Night Falls
OscarGlobeNBRSpirit
Tom Hanks
Cast Away
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Russell Crowe
Gladiator
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Jamie Bell
Billy Elliot
BAFTA
Geoffrey Rush
Quills
OscarGlobeBAFTA
Michael Douglas
Wonder Boys
GlobeBAFTA
Billy Crudup
Jesus’ Son
Spirit
Ed Harris
Pollock
Oscar
Adrien Brody
Restaurant
Spirit
Hill Harper
The Visit
Spirit
Mark Ruffalo
You Can Count On Me
Spirit

Actress in a Leading Role

Julia Roberts
Erin Brockovich
OscarNBRBAFTA
Hilary Swank
Boys Don't Cry
OscarBAFTASpirit
Ellen Burstyn
Requiem For a Dream
OscarSpirit
Kate Hudson
Almost Famous
OscarBAFTA
Juliette Binoche
Chocolat
OscarBAFTA
Joan Allen
The Contender
OscarSpirit
Laura Linney
You Can Count On Me
OscarSpirit
Michelle Yeoh
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
BAFTA
Sanaa Lathan
Love & Basketball
Spirit
Kelly MacDonald
Two Family House
Spirit

Actor in a Supporting Role

Benicio del Toro
Traffic
OscarBAFTA
Joaquin Phoenix
Gladiator
OscarNBRBAFTA
Willem Dafoe
Shadow of the Vampire
OscarSpirit
Albert Finney
Erin Brockovich
OscarBAFTA
Gary Lewis
Billy Elliot
BAFTA
Oliver Reed
Gladiator
BAFTA
Gary Oldman
The Contender
Spirit
Jeff Bridges
The Contender
Oscar
Giovanni Ribisi
The Gift
Spirit
Billy Dee Williams
The Visit
Spirit
Cole Hauser
Tigerland
Spirit

Actress in a Supporting Role

Julie Walters
Billy Elliot
OscarBAFTA
Lupe Ontiveros
Chuck & Buck
NBRSpirit
Zhang Ziyi
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
BAFTASpirit
Marcia Gay Harden
Pollock
OscarSpirit
Almost Famous
Cameron Crowe
Oscar
Traffic
Stephen Gaghan based on the British TV series Traffik created by Simon Moore
Oscar
Kate Hudson
Almost Famous
OscarBAFTA
Judi Dench
Chocolat
OscarBAFTA
Frances McDormand
Almost Famous
BAFTA
Lena Olin
Chocolat
BAFTA
Gladiator
David Franzoni, John Logan, and William Nicholson
Oscar
Crouching Tiger
James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang, and Kuo Jung Tsai based on the book by Wang Dulu
Oscar
Hidden Dragon
James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang, and Kuo Jung Tsai based on the book by Wang Dulu
Oscar
O Brother
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen based on the Odyssey by Homer
Oscar
Where Art Thou?
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen based on the Odyssey by Homer
Oscar
You Can Count on Me
Kenneth Lonergan
Oscar
Billy Elliot
Lee Hall
Oscar
Jennifer Connelly
Requiem For a Dream
Spirit
Chocolat
Robert Nelson Jacobs based on the novel by Joanne Harris
Oscar
Pat Caroll
Songcatcher
Spirit
Wonder Boys
Steve Kloves based on the novel by Michael Chabon
Oscar
Erin Brockovich
Susannah Grant
Oscar

Writing

Screenplay (Original)

Cameron Crowe
Almost Famous
OscarGlobeBAFTAWGA
Kenneth Lonergan
You Can Count On Me
OscarGlobeSpiritWGA
Stephen Gaghan
Traffic
Globe
Lee Hall
Billy Elliot
OscarBAFTAWGA
Susannah Grant
Erin Brockovich
OscarBAFTAWGA
John Logan, William Nicholson, and David Franzoni
Gladiator
OscarBAFTA
Eugene Levy and Christopher Guest
Best in Show
WGA
Mike White
Chuck & Buck
Spirit
Valerie Breiman
Love & Sex
Spirit
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
BAFTA
Douglas Wright
Quills
Globe
Raymond De Felitta
Two Family House
Spirit
Robert Dillon
Waking the Dead
Spirit
Steve Kloves
Wonder Boys
Globe

Screenplay (Adapted)

Stephen Gaghan
Traffic
GlobeBAFTAWGA
Kenneth Lonergan
You Can Count On Me
GlobeSpirit
Steve Kloves
Wonder Boys
GlobeBAFTAWGA
Robert Nelson Jacobs
Chocolat
BAFTAWGA
James Schamus, Hui-Ling Wang, Tsai Kuo Jung, and Wang Hui-Ling
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
BAFTAWGA
John Cusack, Steve Pink, Scott Rosenberg, and D.V. DeVincentis
High Fidelity
BAFTAWGA
Cameron Crowe
Almost Famous
Globe
Mike White
Chuck & Buck
Spirit
Valerie Breiman
Love & Sex
Spirit
Douglas Wright
Quills
Globe
Raymond De Felitta
Two Family House
Spirit
Robert Dillon
Waking the Dead
Spirit

Visual

Cinematography

Peter Pau
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
OscarBAFTAASC
John Mathieson
Gladiator
OscarBAFTAASC
Caleb Deschanel
The Patriot
OscarASC
Matthew Libatique
Requiem For a Dream
Spirit
Roger Deakins
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
OscarBAFTAASC
Xavier Pérez Grobet and Guillermo Rosas
Before Night Falls
Spirit
Brian Tufano
Billy Elliot
BAFTA
Roger Pratt
Chocolat
BAFTA
Tim Orr
George Washington
Spirit
John de Borman
Hamlet
Spirit
Lajos Koltai
Malèna
Oscar
Lou Bogue
Shadow of the Vampire
Spirit
John Seale
The Perfect Storm
ASC

Art Direction

Arthur Max, Art Direction: Arthur Max, and Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
Gladiator
Production design: Arthur Max, Art Direction: Arthur Max, and Set Decoration: Crispian Sallis
OscarBAFTAADG
Tim Yip, Art Direction, and Set Decoration: Timmy Yip
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Production design: Tim Yip, Art Direction, and Set Decoration: Timmy Yip
OscarBAFTAADG
David Gropman
Chocolat
Production design: David Gropman
BAFTAADG
Art Direction: Martin Childs, Set Decoration: Jill Quertier, and Martin Childs
Quills
Production design: Art Direction: Martin Childs, Set Decoration: Jill Quertier, and Martin Childs
OscarBAFTA
Clay A. Griffith
Almost Famous
Production design: Clay A. Griffith
ADG
Maria Djurkovic
Billy Elliot
Production design: Maria Djurkovic
ADG
Michael Corenblith
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
Production design: Michael Corenblith
ADG
Art Direction: Michael Corenblith and Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Production design: Art Direction: Michael Corenblith and Set Decoration: Merideth Boswell
Oscar
Dennis Gassner
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Production design: Dennis Gassner
BAFTA
Tom Foden
The Cell
Production design: Tom Foden
ADG
Kirk M. Petruccelli
The Patriot
Production design: Kirk M. Petruccelli
ADG
William Sandell
The Perfect Storm
Production design: William Sandell
ADG
Art Direction: Jean Rabasse and Set Decoration: Françoise Benoît-Fresco
Vatel
Production design: Art Direction: Jean Rabasse and Set Decoration: Françoise Benoît-Fresco
Oscar
Jeannine Oppewall
Wonder Boys
Production design: Jeannine Oppewall
ADG

Costuming

Timmy Yip and Tim Yip
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
OscarBAFTA
Janty Yates
Gladiator
OscarBAFTA
Rita Ryack
Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
CDG
Jeffrey Kurland
Erin Brockovich
CDG
Jacqueline West
Quills
OscarBAFTACDG
Renée Ehrlich Kalfus and Renee Ehrlich Kalfus
Chocolat
BAFTACDG
Anthony Powell
102 Dalmatians
Oscar
Betsy Heimann
Almost Famous
CDG
Joseph Aulisi
Charlie's Angels
CDG
Laura C. Bauer
High Fidelity
CDG
Rita Ryack
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Oscar
Monica Howe
The House of Mirth
BAFTA
Louise Frogley
Traffic
CDG
Louise Mingenbach
X-Men
CDG

Effects

Tim Burke, Neil Corbould, John Nelson, and Rob Harvey
Gladiator
OscarBAFTA
John Frazier, Stefen Fangmeier, Habib Zargarpour, Walt Conti, and Tim Alexander
The Perfect Storm
OscarBAFTA
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Oscar
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Oscar
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Oscar
Actor
Alec Guinness
Oscar
Actress
Beah Richards
Oscar
Actor
Billy Barty
Oscar
Dave Alex Riddett
Chicken Run
BAFTA
Actress
Claire Trevor
Oscar
Rob Hodgson, Leo Lo, Jonathan F. Strylund, Bessie Cheuk, and Travis Baumann
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
BAFTA
Actress and singer
Dale Evans
Oscar
Dino De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis
Oscar
Actor
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Oscar
Screenwriter
Edward Anhalt
Oscar
Actor
George Montgomery
Oscar
Actress and dancer
Gwen Verdon
Oscar
Tap dancer
Harold Nicholas
Oscar
Scott Stokdyk, Scott E. Anderson, Craig Hayes, and Stan Parks
Hollow Man
Oscar
Academy President
Howard W. Koch
Oscar
Jack Nitzsche
Jack Nitzsche
Oscar
Actor
Jason Robards Jr.
Oscar
Actress
Jean Peters
Oscar
Actor
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Oscar
Actor
John Gielgud
Oscar
Screenwriter
Julius Epstein
Oscar
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Oscar
Actress
Loretta Young
Oscar
Actress
Marie Windsor
Oscar
Actor and stuntman
Richard Farnsworth
Oscar
Screenwriter
Ring Lardner Jr.
Oscar
Stanley Kramer
Stanley Kramer
Oscar
Actor and body builder
Steve Reeves
Oscar
Neil Corbould
Vertical Limit
BAFTA
Actor
Vittorio Gassman
Oscar
Actor and comedian
Walter Matthau
Oscar

Sound & Music

Original Score

Tan Dun
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
GlobeBAFTA
Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer
Gladiator
GlobeBAFTA
Larry Paxton
All The Pretty Horses
Globe
Nancy Wilson
Almost Famous
BAFTA
Stephen Warbeck
Billy Elliot
BAFTA
Rachel Portman
Chocolat
Globe
Ennio Morricone
Malèna
Globe
Carter Burwell and T Bone Burnett
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
BAFTA
Maurice Jarre
Sunshine
Globe

Original Song

Unknown Song
Wonder Boys
Music & lyrics: Bob Dylan
Globe
Unknown Song
Dancer In The Dark
Music & lyrics: Lars von Trier, Björk, and Sjón Sigurdsson
Globe
Unknown Song
Frequency
Music & lyrics: Jenny Yates and Garth Brooks
Globe
Unknown Song
Miss Congeniality
Music & lyrics: Bosson
Globe
Unknown Song
The Emperor's New Groove
Music & lyrics: Sting and Dave Hartley
Globe

Sound Mixing

Doug Hemphill, Paul Massey, Rick Kline, and Jeff Wexler
Almost Famous
BAFTA
Mike Prestwood Smith
Billy Elliot
BAFTA
Drew Kunin and Eugene Gearty
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
BAFTA
Bob Beemer, Per Hallberg, Scott Millan, and Ken Weston
Gladiator
BAFTA
Gregg Rudloff, Wylie Stateman, David E. Campbell, and John T. Reitz
The Perfect Storm
BAFTA

Sound Editing

Doug Hemphill, Paul Massey, Rick Kline, and Jeff Wexler
Almost Famous
BAFTA
Mike Prestwood Smith
Billy Elliot
BAFTA
Drew Kunin and Eugene Gearty
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
BAFTA
Bob Beemer, Per Hallberg, Scott Millan, and Ken Weston
Gladiator
BAFTA
Gregg Rudloff, Wylie Stateman, David E. Campbell, and John T. Reitz
The Perfect Storm
BAFTA